Episodes

Aug. 19, 2021

Measuring the Mass of a Super Black Hole

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 266 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●A new way to measure the mass of a supermassive black hole. ●A delay to the NASA Moon mission. And the launch of Boeing’s Starliner. ●The Mars...
Aug. 12, 2021

Spreading the Goo

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 265 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●Time to tackle your questions again. From around the globe, our listeners have the darndest questions. ●Everything from life to quantum...
Aug. 5, 2021

About That Incident with the ISS

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 264 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●All about that dramatic incident on the International Space Station. ●The search for the origin of the asteroid that finished off the dinosaurs....
July 29, 2021

A Warning From NASA

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 263 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●A warning from NASA – the moon could lift our high tide levels in the near future. ●The latest on Mars Quakes and the core of the red planet...
July 22, 2021

Plasma Jet

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 262 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●A quick discussion about the successful launch of Jeff Bezos into space… ●Astronomers have obtained detailed images of a plasma jet from a...
July 15, 2021

One Big Ancient Star Explosion

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 261 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●News from Andrew for Space Nuts fans as the podcast’s universe expands ●An ancient star explosion that appears to be more powerful than any...
July 8, 2021

The Race Is On

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 260 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●The race is on…who will get into Space first, Jeff Bezos or Richard Branson? ●Water on Mars. Are there lakes under the South Pole? Latest...
July 1, 2021

Good News

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 259 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●Some good news about the Square Kilometer Array. Fred has the...
June 24, 2021

Venus - Geologically Active?

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 258 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●Venus – Geologically active? ●A new discovery about the colossal...
June 24, 2021

Venus - Geologically Active?

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 258 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●Venus – Geologically active? ●A new discovery about the colossal...
June 17, 2021

Asteroid 16 Psyche - Not What We Thought

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 257 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●The Chinese Mars mission update…including discussion on that...
June 17, 2021

Asteroid 16 Psyche - Not What We Thought

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 257 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●The Chinese Mars mission update…including discussion on that...
June 11, 2021

The One About MAVIS

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 256 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●MAVIS - a planned observatory more powerful than Hubble. Fred has...
June 3, 2021

Houston, We Have A Problem...and a Question or Two

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 255 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●In this episode Fred and Andrew battle through internet connection...
May 27, 2021

Heavy Metal

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 254 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●Heavy Metals discovered in vapor trails of comets ●Where we live…in...
May 20, 2021

Chinese Touchdown

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 253 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●China successfully lands a Rover on Mars – now what? ●Our favorite...
May 13, 2021

It's Here and Andrew's Excited!

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites at either https://spacenutspodcast.com or the brand new Bitesz.com HQ site at www.bitesz.com Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 252 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●A Mars...
May 6, 2021

Space Blobs

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites at either https://spacenutspodcast.com or the brand new Bitesz.com HQ site at www.bitesz.com Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 251 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●Ingenuity...
April 29, 2021

RIP Michael Collins

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 250 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●RIP Michael Collins – friend of the show ●Questions from our listeners – Cassandra, Ryan, Graham, Paddy, Alyssa, Ralph, Andrew and Mark. Fred has...
April 22, 2021

Historic Achievement

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 249 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●History is made – the Ingenuity update…… ●An update on Australia’s Square Kilometer Array – and it’s good news. ●For some this will be possibly...
April 15, 2021

Have We Got the Universal Model Wrong?

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 248 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●A quick Ingenuity update… ●Have we got the universal model wrong? It’s possible…analysing the particle physics… ●New findings on the aurora of...
April 8, 2021

History In the Making

Space Nuts 247 Show Notes Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 247 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ● The latest on Ingenuities adventures on mars…the first flight preparations are well underway. ● There’s new data on...
April 1, 2021

Magnetism

Space Nuts 246 Show Notes April 2021 Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 246 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●    Fred’s road trip to Adelaide, South Australia. So, what was he doing there? ●    The significance of...
March 25, 2021

You Asked - We Answer

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 245 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Questions from our Global Community ●Another episode where we focus exclusively on our global audience’s questions…and critiques. ●If you’d like...